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Journal : JOLLT Journal of Languages and Language Teaching

Gallery Walk+Peer Talk in Language Testing and Assessment: Students’ Perspectives Sri Sarwanti
Journal of Languages and Language Teaching Vol 8, No 1 (2020)
Publisher : Universitas Pendidikan Mandalika

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33394/jollt.v8i1.2211

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A useful conceptual understanding of ZPD can benefit the students from having  talks with others in increasing their capability of knowing something. This idea of social constructivism underpins the need for opportunities for collaboration and support, and for learning. Individuals are required to construct self-knowledge and develop new perspectives, by engaging in hands-on activities rather than using structured information. If peer talk is combined with gallery walk where the students have the opportunity to share ideas, the combination bears such an active class activity. This study reveals the students’ achievements on how they negotiate their problems through conversing with each other. The problem-based conversation plays among students themselves in their initial academic development. This study supports theory highlighting the importance of talk in social interaction as a prerequisite for increasing students’ achievement. The results of this study show that the combination of gallery walk-peer talk able to improve the students’ achievements and also the students’ participation in class. The results also uncovers why they enjoy learning by doing gallery walk-peer talk.
Needs Analysis of English Skills amongst Electrical Engineering Students in ESP Contexts Sri Sarwanti; Rima Sotlikova; Dwi Novianto; Lilia Indriani
Journal of Languages and Language Teaching Vol 11, No 4 (2023)
Publisher : Universitas Pendidikan Mandalika

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33394/jollt.v11i4.9016

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English is needed nowadays no matter what in global communication. In the ecucational context, English is neded to support the activites related to the ability in understanding the material and producing articles on the subject matter. The English skills of the electrical engineering students in Indonesia are generally unsatisfying. This study undercover the needs of English skills amongst Electrical Engineering students in Indonesian context. The study was conducted at Tidar University. The data were collected by using questionnaires and semi structured interviews. The results shows that the English skills needed by the Electrical Engineering students were grouped as receptive and productive skills. The receptive skills needed were the ability to grasp the texts’ ideas, the ability to listen to others’ words, The productive skills are the ability to produce the English eords to convey meanings in oral communications. The main points were greater technical vocabulary, grammatical structures, oral comprehension, and reading understanding.